New publication from the Humanitarian Health Ethics Research Group Nouvet E. et al. (2022) Unpacking the “Oughtness” of Palliative Care in Humanitarian Crises: Moral Logics and What Is at Stake?. In: Messelken D., Winkler D. (eds) Health Care in Contexts…
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Humanitarian Healthcare Ethics is a place to find practical and educational material for humanitarian healthcare workers as well as students and scholars of humanitarian healthcare ethics. The website developed out of empirical research on the ethical dilemmas faced by humanitarian healthcare professionals working in humanitarian crises, disasters or areas of extreme poverty.
Call for Papers: Oxford Global Health and Bioethics International Conference
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Humanitarian Governance Webinar with Guest Speaker Tammam Aloudat
Physician and Global Health Centre's managing director, Tammam Aloudat, is the next guest speaker joining the series from the Humanitarian Governance: Accountability, Advocacy, Alternatives research group. Aloudat's talk argues for an exploration of alternative ethical frameworks for humanitarian action. Register Here
Announcement: Joint Research Project on ‘Integrating Ethical Values in Humanitarian Use of Drones’ Has Come to an End
October 2021 The joint research project - Value Sensitive Innovation: Integrating Ethical Values in the Humanitarian Use of Drones - of McGill University and University of Zurich has come to an end in August 2021. The project involved both academic partners and…
New Publication: Ethical Considerations Associated with “Humanitarian Drones”: A Scoping Literature Review.
Dr. Ning Wang and Dr. Markus Christen at University of Zurich, together with Dr. Matthew Hunt at McGill University, published an article in Science, and Engineering Ethics by Springer entitled: Ethical Considerations Associated with “Humanitarian Drones”: A Scoping Literature Review. Full text can be accessed here. A related live talk regarding the findings of…
Publication: “As It Is Africa, It Is Ok”? Ethical Considerations of Development Use of Drones for Delivery in Malawi
PhD candidate Ning Wang at the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine (IBME), University of Zurich, recently published an articles in the IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society entitled: “As It Is Africa, It Is Ok”? Ethical Considerations of Development Use of Drones for Delivery in…
New Publication: Culturally sensitive palliative care in humanitarian action
READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.doi.org/10.1017/S1478951521000894. Suggested Citation: Schuster-Wallace, C., Nouvet, E., Rigby, I., Krishnaraj, G., De Laat, S., Schwartz, L., & Hunt, M. (2021). Culturally sensitive palliative care in humanitarian action: Lessons from a critical interpretive synthesis of culture…
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WEBINAR: REFLECTIONS ON PALLIATIVE CARE FROM EBOLA TO COVID-19
Watch the recording: https://youtu.be/U5OU5oEp4nk Watch HHE's Dr. Kevin Bezanson and Prof. Elysée Nouvet's webinar, hosted with the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM), entitled Life, Death, and Isolation: Reflections on Palliative Care from Ebola to COVID-19. From JUNE…
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New Publication: Dying in Honor: experiences of end-of-life palliative care during the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak in Guinea
LINK: https://rdcu.be/ckfTE CITATION: Nouvet et al. Dying in Honor: experiences of end-of-life palliative care during the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak in Guinea. Journal of International Humanitarian Action 2021 6(10): 1-17. Open access link ABSTRACT: With no cure and a high mortality rate, Ebola virus…
May 17-20 Virtual Event: Lessons from the Field: Confronting the Challenges of Health Research in Humanitarian Crises
Event Description and Registration Details: https://www.fic.nih.gov/About/center-global-health-studies/Pages/health-research-humanitarian-crises-lessons-launch-event.aspx In association with the “Lessons from the field: Confronting the challenges of health research in humanitarian crises” collection in BMC Public Health and Conflict and Health, Fogarty’s Center for Global Health Studies (CGHS) will host an online launch event May…
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